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Old toys you wish were still available

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Lemonademoney · 05/10/2026 21:25

Just spent twenty minutes trying to find a tiny piano keyboard toy for my kids for their stockings this year. I had one when I was little and I LOVED it! It was probably only about four of five inches big and came with a little song book. Has anyone seen these or do they just not exist any more?

Are there any other retro toys we all fondly remember but can no longer get?

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Davros · Yesterday 12:53

Plasticraft was my favourite, I would encapsulate anything small that didn’t move in plastic. I’m sure it wouldn’t pass Health&Safety now.
I had a gorgeous Galt Post Office, I loved Fuzzy Felt, especially the circus and, being a cultured family, we had a Pollocks Toy Theatre with Shakespeare plays.
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Cobrakainerd · 09/10/2026 19:55

Just remembered, I had this as a small child.

Ooh you lucky thing, I would've loved one of those!

Fuzzy Felts, loved those sets too

Hatty65 · Yesterday 18:07

Nat6999 · Yesterday 01:33

Proper Sindy dolls & the house with all the furniture. I collect them & have several original dolls from the era I had them as a child, I've also got some of the new ones that came on sale a couple of years ago, they aren't a patch on the original ones. I would love it if someone brought the original ones back with proper covered joints & the lovely outfits we used to be able to buy.

I had Sindy dolls, and then our babysitters who were two teenage sisters really kindly gave me all their dolls and outfits when I was about 6 and they were 14 and 16. Lots of them were handmade by their mother and granny I think, but they were lovely.

I've no idea what happened to them, but I guess my mother threw them away at some point. I loved Sindy so much more than Barbie.

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Cobrakainerd · Yesterday 22:17

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SaraHoliday · Yesterday 22:24

I remember these but I think it was a toy I 'inherited' from an older sibling. They are in Smyths Toy Store this year!!!

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CrowsInMyGarden · Yesterday 22:36

I loved my Plasticraft kit. You could make paperweights, keyrings and erm… stuff with a plastic resin that smelt like glue with sea shells and bits of dried plants. I used to love sniffing it before sniffing glue was an issue

Weirdpig · Yesterday 22:44

My DDs had a toy that was like a toddler height table with a fan in it. There were then various attachments you could put on outlets on the table and the air flow did things like making a fan turn or making balls in a clear attachment hover. You could also stack some of the attachments and then they had to share the airflow, so worked slower.

It was a deeply satisfying to play with, but gradually broke - probably why it isn't still made.

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